Dragon’s Crown Elf Builds, Combat and Skills Guide

Dragon Crown’s Elf is a ranged physical damage dealing character that is adept with the bow. The Elves are a long-lived race, and though they have weak bodies, their acrobatic skills and immense knowledge make them a force to be reckoned with.

The Elf is an agile ranged character possessing a wide variety of skills. This allows her to be an extremely essential asset in team games. As with the Wizard and Sorceress, positioning with the Elf character is very important, since she has low magic and physical defenses.

Dragon’s Crown Elf Builds, Combat and Skills

How To Play Elf

The Elf is a ranged DPS character. This allows her to constantly deal damage with her ranged attacks and unique skills, while at the same time avoiding close contact with enemies. The role of the Elf as a DPS character is to constantly offensively support heavy-hitting characters like the Amazon, Dwarf, and Fighter, doing a large amount of supportive damage to enemies.

The following are the highlights of the Elf:

The Elf is a ranged character, and has weak physical and magic defense

Positioning is extremely important with the Elf

In teams, the role of the Elf is to ‘carry’ the team forward with her offensive support

The Elf uses a large variety of attacks and skills. It is important to know which skills to use for which situation/enemy type

The Elf is slightly difficult to play with because of her versatility and complex skills

Though the Elf is primarily a ranged character, she also has some acrobatic melee skills that help in getting away from uncomfortably close enemies

The Elf excels in critical hits because of higher base Dexterity and Luck

Basic Attacks

Melee Attack[□] button (continuous)

Jump[×] button

Bow attack[○] button

Charge shotHold [○] button

Dodge[R1] button or [R2] button

Dash attackDash move + [□] button

Dash bow attackRelease the button to move + [○] button long press

On melee attacksUp + [□] button

Air melee(While in air) [□] button

Air on melee attacks(While in air) Up + [□] button

Fall melee(While in air) Down + [□] button

Bow On AttackUp + [○] button

On charge shotUp + [○] button (hold)

Air bow attack(While in air) [○] button

Air charge shot(While in air) Hold [○] button

Air bow side attack(While in air) Up + [○] button

Side air charge shot(While in air) Up + [○] button Hold

In normal circumstances, attacks like the Charged Shot and Bow Attacks (On and normal) will be your best friend. However, consider using aerial melee attacks and on-ground melee attacks when intimidating enemies get up close.

Another great attack to use frequently is the Dash Bow Attack. This allows the Elf to quickly dodge enemy attacks and retaliate with a bow shot. It just needs a little bit of practice to execute at will.

Elf Special Skills/Abilities

Special Skills in Dragon Crown are character-related abilities that do additional damage, give passive offensive or defensive advantages, or enhance the utility aspect of the player. These skills are unique for every character.

All skills have a certain number of levels. Skills can be made more effective by unlocking their levels, which is done through skill points. Each level requires its own specific amount of skill points to unlock. Additionally, skill levels also have a required character level.

The Elf has 12 different skills, which are explained below. Recommended and suggested skills are also highlighted in the descriptions.

Power ShotThis skill adds additional power to the Charge Shot, creating a sort of ‘shockwave’. The range of the skill and its power increase with increase in skill level.

Skill Performed:[○] button (Release after hold)

Skill Points Needed:

Lvl 1 – 1

Lvl 2 – 1

Lvl 3 – 1

Lvl 4 – 2

Lvl 5 – 2

Lvl 6 – 3

Lvl 7 – 3

Lvl 8 – 4

Lvl 9 – 4

Lvl 10 – 5

Required Player Level:

Lvl 1 – 1

Lvl 2 – 5

Lvl 3 – 11

Lvl 4 – 17

Lvl 5 – 24

Lvl 6 – 31

Lvl 7 – 38

Lvl 8 – 45

Lvl 9 – 52

Lvl 10 – 60

Rapid ShotRapid Shot greatly accelerates the amount of shots you can take with the standard bow attack. This greatly increases ammo consumption, but it is worth it as it allows for a quick burst of damage. For this reason, it is a recommended skill.

Skill Performed:[○] button repeated press

Skill Points Needed:

Lvl 1 – 1

Lvl 2 – 2

Lvl 3 – 3

Lvl 4 – 5

Required Player Level:

Lvl 1 – 1

Lvl 2 – 9

Lvl 3 – 18

Lvl 4 – 30

Arrow StockThis skill increases the maximum number of arrows that can be carried at one time. Since you’ll be using a lot of arrows (especially if you use Rapid Shot a lot), it is a highly recommended utility skill.

Skill Points Needed:

Lvl 1 – 1

Lvl 2 – 1

Lvl 3 – 2

Lvl 4 – 3

Lvl 5 – 5

Required Player Level:

Lvl 1 – 3

Lvl 2 – 12

Lvl 3 – 23

Lvl 4 – 36

Lvl 5 – 50

Impact ArrowThis skill generates a shockwave at the impact point of an arrow. The range of the shockwave and its power increase with increase in skill level.

Skill Performed:N/A

Skill Points Needed:

Lvl 1 – 1

Lvl 2 – 1

Lvl 3 – 2

Lvl 4 – 2

Lvl 5 – 3

Lvl 6 – 3

Lvl 7 – 5

Required Player Level:

Lvl 1 – 8

Lvl 2 – 14

Lvl 3 – 20

Lvl 4 – 27

Lvl 5 – 33

Lvl 6 – 40

Lvl 7 – 49

Multiple ShotThis shot modifies the Dash Attack for the Elf, launching multiple arrows at the enemy.

Skill Performed:N/A

Skill Points Needed:

Lvl 1 – 1

Lvl 2 – 2

Lvl 3 – 3

Lvl 4 – 5

Required Player Level:

Lvl 1 – 15

Lvl 2 – 26

Lvl 3 – 39

Lvl 4 – 53

Toxic ExtractThis skill induces a poison effect on the melee attacks (with dagger) and on the arrows. Since this is a signature DPS skill, it is highly recommended. Enemies that take extra damage while poisoned, allowing your team to dish in a lot of it at once. This skill is useful against enemies of all types.

Skill Points Needed:

Lvl 1 – 1

Lvl 2 – 1

Lvl 3 – 2

Lvl 4 – 3

Lvl 5 – 5

Required Player Level:

Lvl 1 – 1

Lvl 2 – 7

Lvl 3 – 16

Lvl 4 – 25

Lvl 5 – 35

Number of Uses:

Lvl 1 – 20

Lvl 2 – 25

Lvl 3 – 30

Lvl 4 – 35

Lvl 5 – 50

Option DaggerThis skill equips the Elf with a dagger for melee attacks. Though melee isn’t your primary mode of attacking, it is essential to have a powerful close-combat setup to ensure that enemies don’t overwhelm you.

Thus, this is a recommended skill. A downside of the skill is that you won’t be able to use the jump attack with it. However, this is well compensated with the fact that the dagger is much more lethal than standard melee attacks.

Skill Points Needed:

Lvl 1 – 1

Lvl 2 – 1

Lvl 3 – 2

Lvl 4 – 2

Lvl 5 – 3

Required Player Level:

Lvl 1 – 4

Lvl 2 – 10

Lvl 3 – 19

Lvl 4 – 30

Lvl 5 – 46

Number of Uses:

Lvl 1 – 3

Lvl 2 – 4

Lvl 3 – 5

Lvl 4 – 6

Lvl 5 – 9

Sara Mandla OilThis skill adds flame damage to the dagger and arrows. Though it is a useful skill against some enemies, it can be completely useless against fire-resistant foes.

Skill Points Needed:

Lvl 1 – 1

Lvl 2 – 1

Lvl 3 – 2

Lvl 4 – 3

Lvl 5 – 5

Required Player Level:

Lvl 1 – 13

Lvl 2 – 22

Lvl 3 – 33

Lvl 4 – 44

Lvl 5 – 57

Number of Uses:

Lvl 1 – 20

Lvl 2 – 20

Lvl 3 – 20

Lvl 4 – 20

Lvl 5 – 20

Elemental LowerThis skill adds a spirit power to your melee attacks.

Skill Points Needed:

Lvl 1 – 1

Lvl 2 – 1

Lvl 3 – 1

Lvl 4 – 2

Lvl 5 – 2

Lvl 6 – 2

Lvl 7 – 3

Lvl 8 – 3

Lvl 9 – 4

Lvl 10 – 5

Required Player Level:

Lvl 1 – 1

Lvl 2 – 6

Lvl 3 – 11

Lvl 4 – 16

Lvl 5 – 21

Lvl 6 – 26

Lvl 7 – 32

Lvl 8 – 37

Lvl 9 – 43

Lvl 10 – 50

Boots EnhancedBoots Enhanced adds a special attack to your melee kicks. This is an extremely essential ability, since in earlier the Elf tends to lose arrows quickly. Thus, it is very highly recommended.

Skill Points Needed:

Lvl 1 – 1

Lvl 2 – 1

Lvl 3 – 1

Lvl 4 – 2

Lvl 5 – 2

Lvl 6 – 3

Lvl 7 – 3

Lvl 8 – 4

Lvl 9 – 4

Lvl 10 – 5

Required Player Level:

Lvl 1 – 1

Lvl 2 – 7

Lvl 3 – 12

Lvl 4 – 17

Lvl 5 – 23

Lvl 6 – 29

Lvl 7 – 35

Lvl 8 – 41

Lvl 9 – 47

Lvl 10 – 54

Back StabBack Stab adds to the dagger-wielding capability of the Elf. If you attack an enemy with the dagger from behind, the amount of damage done will greatly increase thanks to this skill.

Skill Points Needed:

Lvl 1 – 1

Lvl 2 – 1

Lvl 3 – 1

Lvl 4 – 2

Lvl 5 – 2

Lvl 6 – 3

Lvl 7 – 3

Lvl 8 – 4

Lvl 9 – 4

Lvl 10 – 5

Required Player Level:

Lvl 1 – 5

Lvl 2 – 10

Lvl 3 – 15

Lvl 4 – 20

Lvl 5 – 25

Lvl 6 – 30

Lvl 7 – 36

Lvl 8 – 42

Lvl 9 – 48

Lvl 10 – 55

Reduced DamageReduced Damage decrease the damage done by enemies to the Elf while she is in her bow stance, and also greatly reduces knock back chance.

Skill Points Needed:

Lvl 1 – 1

Lvl 2 – 1

Lvl 3 – 2

Lvl 4 – 3

Lvl 5 – 5

Required Player Level:

Lvl 1 – 9

Lvl 2 – 18

Lvl 3 – 28

Lvl 4 – 39

Lvl 5 – 51

Elf Builds

Now that we have the various skills covered, it’s time to look at how some of them can be combined together to make a build for the Elf. Builds tend to differ from each other in-terms of playstyle, so it is important to understand what you’re doing to suit with how you play.

Not that basic skills like ‘extra pockets’ etc. are not discussed. Those are entirely subjective.

Below are two sample builds of the Elf, described in detail:

Build #1 – Boss Slayer

Skills:

Power Shot – Maxed level

Arrow Stock – Maxed level

Impact Arrow – Maxed level

Sara Mandla Oil – Partially leveled

Toxic Extract – Partially leveled

Reduced Damage – Partially leveled

This is a heavy-hitting burst damage build for the Elf. In this build, the Elf sacrifices acrobatic skills and speed for added damage. The downfall of the build is that it limits the Elf severely in-terms of movement. However, this build is very successful in team battles, and is specifically tailored for fighting bosses.

The Power Shot and Impact Arrow skills are the core of this build. Since Power Shot requires a charging time, it is important that timing and distance are kept in mind with this skill. Impact Arrow will grant your shots a large amount of damage, while standard shots will be covered with toxic and fire damage from Toxic Extract and Sara Mandla Oil respectively.

Of course, the ideal situation of managing to maintain a distance isn’t something you’ll always observe, so you want to beef up defenses with Reduced Damage. Level up the last three skills to any extent you want to – their main purpose is to compliment the central Power Shot and Impact Shot abilities.

Build #2 – Backstabbing Assassin

Skills:

Option Dagger – Maxed level

Backstab – Maxed level

Toxic Extract – Maxed level

Sara Mandla Oil – Partially leveled

Boots Enhanced – Partially leveled

Reduced Damage – Partially leveled

This is a unique build that seems to be getting quite an acclaim. Since Dragon’s Crown doesn’t have any real ‘Assassin’ character, the Elf qualifies as a good substitute for the role because of one major skill: Option Dagger. This skill greatly increases the Elf’s reliability in close-quarters, and if coupled with Backstab, can become deadly.

The trick (or rather prerequisite) to playing this build is being accustomed with backstabbing techniques observed in RPG and MMO games. If you are used to it, then this build should be no problem at all….theoretically.

You want to make sure you have Toxic Extract as well. This skill will allow you to jump in, backstab, then allow you and your team to do some quick damage, and finally get out to recuperate. Thus, this is kind of a ‘burst damage’ or ‘spike damage’ build.

Boots Enhanced should be a good initiation or finalizing move, and Reduced Damage will surely aid you, since you’ll be going up close. As stated earlier, this build is getting quite the attention, and it seems to be one clever way of playing such a versatile character.

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